Remote Principal Data Governance Architect

Lumen

Atlanta (GA)

Remote

USD 152,000 - 203,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

Lumen is seeking a Principal Data Governance Architect to own the governance architecture standards across the enterprise. You will align tool findings, standards and domain data models to our EA taxonomy and DARB approvals, shaping governance guardrails for tooling implementations.

You will participate in major architecture decisions, migrations, and platform strategies, driving governance across a multi-cloud data estate.

Qualifications

10+ years in enterprise data architecture with governance-by-design orientation.
Experience with Data Architecture Review Board (DARB).
Databricks Lakehouse architecture expertise (Medallion, Unity Catalog, Delta Live Tables).
Broad platform fluency across Azure, Oracle, SAP, Salesforce, Palantir; multi‑cloud experience.

Responsibilities

Own enterprise data architecture standards for governance, including reference architectures and integration models.
Represent governance in architecture decisions, migration programs, and platform strategy.
Evaluate tool fit against Lumen's data estate and flag risks in assessments.
Partner on migration architecture with governance embedded by design and checkpoints in SOWs.
Author and maintain governance architecture decision records in SharePoint.
Advise on platform architectural trade-offs in vendor evaluations.